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PLATFORM FOR WINE AND CIDER PRESSES.

' N0. 304,495. Patented Sept. 2,1884.

FIE-P RUFUS E. BOSOHERT, OF SYRACUSE, NEYV YORK.

PLATFORM FOR WINE AND CIDER PRESSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,495, datedSeptember 2, 1884-. Application filed May 21, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Bones E. BOSCHERT, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Platforms for Vine and Cider Presses, of which thefollowing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the class of platforms which have a capacityof carryingtwo tiersof cheeses, one back of the other, and are arrangedmovable to and from the press, and bring under the same alternatelyopposite ends of the platform, so that one tier of racks withintervening poniace can be placed on one end of the platform, whileanother tier of cheeses is subjected to the action of the press. Theaforesaid platforms have heretofore been arranged to be moved across thepress alternately to opposite sides thereof, and consequently theoperation of loading and unloading the platform had to be performed atboth sides of the press, and two pomace spouts or conductors wererequired to convey the pomace from the grinder to the rack.

The object of this invention is to provide a platform which shall becapable of carrying two tiers of cheeses, one back of the other, and ofbringing alternately opposite ends of the platform under the press fromone and the same side thereof.

The invention consists, essentially, of 21 pl atform arranged reversibleend for end, and movable to and from the press, as hereinafter morefully described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

The invention is fully illustrated in the anneXed drawings, whereinFigure l is a side elevation of the reversible platform and of thebottom portion of a press with two tiers of cheeses on the platform.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with the platform empty, and Fig. 3 isa plan view taken immediately below the platform.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

A denotes the foot-block of a wine and cider press. B represents aturn-table of any ordinary and well-known construction, and 'arranged infront of the press. Upon said turntable are mounted flanged rollers r T,which support on top of their periphery a platform, P,- which isprolonged to enable it to support two tiers of cheeses placed one backof the other, as illustrated in Fig. lof the drawings. The aforesaidsupport of the platform allows it to be reversed end for end, and to bemoved to and from the press, at one and the same sidethereof, where theloading and unloading of the platform is performed. At opposite sides ofthe foot-block of the press are rollers a. a, journaled in bearingsmounted 011 blocks 1) b, or other suitable supports. The top of saidrollers is in range with and on the same level with the top of therollers r r on the turntable, and serve to support the end of theplatform as it is moved over the foot-block A. To the center of the axleof one set of the rollers 1', preferably the central set, is secured apinion, t, which engages a rack, k, attached to the under side of theplatform, and to the end of said axle is affixed a gear-wheel, c, inwhich meshes a pinion, d, secured to a shaft, 6, which is extendedacross the turntable parallel with the axle of the rollers, and isprovided at its ends with cranks f, by which to turn the said shaft,and, by the medium of the pinion d and gear 0, impart rotary motion tothe pinion 41,

which latter propels the platform toward and from the press. Theturn-table is provided with a suitable trough or receptacle, forcollecting the drippings from the platform, which latter is providedwith dischargeopenings h, which communicate with the aforesaid trough.

It will be observed that my improved combined reversible andtransferable platform enables the operator to lay up a tier of racks andintervening pomace on one end of the platform, while another tier onthe. opposite end of the platform is subjected to the action of thepress, and to remove the pressed tier from the press and place the newtier in position for receiving the action of thepress, and during theoperation of the latter remove the pressed cheeses and place in itsstead a new tier of racks and pomace, and to attend to the aforesaidoperation at one and the same side of the press, thus. allowing thepress to be placed with one of its sides near a wall or 100 otherobstruction, and requiring only one spout or conductor for conveying thepomace from the grinder to the racks.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent is- 1 In combination with a wine and cider press, aplatform arranged reversible end for end, and movable to and from thepress, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a wine and cider press, a prolonged platformarranged movable to and from the press, and reversible end for end, tocarry the opposite ends of the platform alternately under the press,substantially as set forth. I

3. The combination, with a wine and cider press, of a turntable arrangedin front thereof and a platform mounted movably on said turn-table,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In combination with a wine and cider press, a turn-table arranged infront thereof, rollers mounted on the turn-table, and a platformsupported on said rollers, substantially as set forth and shown.

5. In combination with a wine and cider press, a turn-table arranged infront thereof. rollers mounted on the turn-table, a platform supportedon said rollers, and rollers at opposite sides of the press and on thesame level with the rollers on the turn-table, substantially asdescribed and shown.

6. In combination with awine and cider press, a turn-table arranged infront thereof, a platform mounted movably on the turn-table, and apropelling-wheel arranged between the turn-table and platform to movethe latter, substantially as set forth.

7. In combination with a wine and cider press, a turn-table arranged infront thereof, rollers mounted on the turn-table, a platform supportedon said rollers, an axle connecting two of the rollers, a gear-wheelattached to said axle, a shaft extended across the turn-table parallelwith the aforesaid axle, a pinion on said shaft engaging the gear-wheelof the axle, and cranks connected to opposite ends of the shaft,substantially as described and shown.

8. In combination with the turn-table and platform mounted thereon, atrough connected to the turn-table, and discharge-opening in theplatform communicating with the aforesaid trough, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and afiixed myseal,in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in thecounty of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 17th day of May,1884..

Burns E. 'BosoHERT. n s.]

\Vitnesses:

FREDERICK H. Gmns,

IVILLIAM O. RAYMOND.

